January 2011 - Level 3 Inspection

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Orthopedic Myth #2 — “White light scanning isn’t reliable.”

Level 3 Inspection:
Dispelling Myths, Educating Manufacturers, Restoring Competitiveness

The Smart Inspection Station™ (SiS™) is completely configurable for accurate, comprehensive, fast and automated dimensional inspection of precision manufactured parts.  Let the L3I engineers address your needs and design a solution for your application.

You can learn more about the SiS™ by clicking here.

Myths Debunked

Most orthopedic companies have yet to catch onto the successes now enjoyed by other precision manufacturers, and are still wasting too much time and money on obsolete 20th-century inspection methods and equipment.

Whichever orthopedic companies are the earliest to adopt modern 21st-century quality inspection methods will gain enormous advantage and likely come to dominate this industry, as we have seen in other industries.

Over the next few weeks, Level 3 Inspection will release a series of educational emails meant to address a few of the cherished myths and assumptions that have kept the industry in the comfortable past — till now.

Myth #2

“White light scanning isn’t reliable.”

The Truth
True 3D WLS surface digitization with adequately high resolution is exceptionally reliable and repeatable, but it is not generic.


The Deception

Recently, less scrupulous manufacturers have attempted to offer a CMM mounted with a 2D camera as a “white light scanner”. Yes, the flash is white, but the device doesn’t provide real 3D surface digitization — especially not to adequate data density for high-precision 3D inspection.

True 3D surface digitization captures millions of accurate data points of the entire part surface in mere minutes, and provides a highly-intuitive visualization that reveals a wealth of information about part form, fit and function.  Further Computer Aided Inspection (CAI) from true 3D WLS has proven to be the most beneficial precision dimensional inspection method, from simple form check to comprehensive dimensional layout, especially for complex geometries.

For proof that CAI using WLS is both reliable and repeatable, see our Gauge R&R Study report.  We’ll be happy to answer your questions.


Paradigm Shift

Level 3 Inspection is proud to introduce the revolutionary Smart Inspection Station™.  The accuracy and comprehensiveness of WLS and CAI is now fast and automated.

The SiS™ is designed for the rigorous conditions of a manufacturing shop floor, is flexible and capable of simple PASS/FAIL production inspections as well as complete thorough FAIs, and can be relocated throughout your operation.  Watch our three-minute video.

The experienced professional staff at L3I’s  CAI Configuration Center in the industry heart of Warsaw, Indiana is prepared to help you select the proper components, identify the ideal settings,  and fine-tune your SIS™ configuration according to your specific application and operational requirements.

We’re here to help.  Learn more today.


Learn more today.

Call 561.775.7911 today to schedule a discussion about application parameters and configuration criteria with an L3I engineer.

Orthopedic Myth #1 — “CMM’s are the best inspection tool on the market!”

Level 3 Inspection:
Dispelling Myths, Educating Manufacturers, Restoring Competitiveness

The Smart Inspection Station™ (SiS™) is completely configurable for accurate, comprehensive, fast and automated dimensional inspection of precision manufactured parts.  Let the L3I engineers address your needs and design a solution for your application.

You can learn more about the SiS™ by clicking here.

Myths Debunked

Most orthopedic companies have yet to catch onto the successes now enjoyed by other precision manufacturers, but are still wasting too much time and money on obsolete 20th Century inspection methods and equipment.

Whichever orthopedic companies are the earliest to adopt 21st Century methods will gain enormous advantage and likely come to dominate this industry, as we have seen in other industries.

Over the next few weeks, Level 3 Inspection will release a series of educational emails meant to address a few of the cherished myths and assumptions that have kept the industry in the comfortable past — till now.

Myth #1

“CMM’s are the best inspection tool on the market!”

The Truth

CMM’s are all too common in orthopedics … but they’re no longer the best option.


CMM’s Mislead You!

A CMM’s accuracy depends on at least three factors — repeatable fixturing properly used, diligent operator experience, and reliable sequence programming — any of which can introduce or compound errors.  Moreover, CMM’s generally collect far too few measurement points to provide discernible surface profiles and are not generally easy to confidently interpret.  Instead of fully visualized surface profiles, CMM’s produce tabulated data from a relatively small number of test points, from which it’s impossible to reliably discern meaningful shapes and patterns.

3D surface digitization through White Light Scanning (WLS), when correctly implemented, overcomes all of these problems. When followed by Computer Aided Inspection (CAI), it offers a wide spectrum of tangible advantages to any manufacturing process, including visualization of entire part geometry for greater understanding, with accuracy, comprehensiveness, automation, and speed.


White Light Scanning (WLS) Is Now Fast and Automated!

Traditionally, white light scanners have required years of experience in order to yield useful data.  Many precision manufacturers have spent substantial capital on WLS equipment that does not provide the results, understanding and confidence they sought to gain. Expertise in this new field provides tremendous advantages.

With the SiS™, the CAI industry leaders at L3I have brought their decades of application experience to bear on this problem.  For the first time, WLS and CAI reports containing thorough, accurate and useful 3D digitized surface plots can be generated in just minutes by an in-house shop-floor technician with minimal training. The inspection process variables have been systemized and automated, for speed and confidence.


Learn more today.

Call 561.775.7911 today to schedule a discussion about application parameters and configuration criteria with an L3I engineer.


L3I 2011 Value Proposition (IGT)

2011 promises to be a watershed year for IGT manufacturers.

Who will revolutionize the industry…
…and who will be racing to catch up?

The future is here.
Who will lead?

Spurred on by renewed hope for robust growth in the industrial gas turbine industry in 2011, and keen to snap up lucrative contracts in emerging energy markets and among IGT customers, manufacturers find themselves in a race for technological advantage.

Value Proposition:
An Outcome-Based Partnership

L3I is proposing an outcome-based partnership, for a share of the savings that your firm actually realizes over its next new product’s lifecycle, utilizing our expertise.

With whom at your firm should we be discussing such a value proposition?

 

Thought Leaders


By reducing Time to Market (TTM), L3I can enable companies not only to save months and potentially millions of dollars, but secure a lasting edge over their competitors.  Time is money, and money is time!

We at L3I cut our teeth in aerospace, and have become widely recognized as thought leaders in Computer-Aided Inspection (CAI)-facilitated design.  Pulling from decades of collective experience, we have the proven expertise to apply CAI at every appropriate stage.

We’re fully cognizant of manufacturers’ need for ultra-accurate, reliable, cost-effective and fast metrology.  We stand ready to partner with your firm in strategic cooperation, allowing you to:

  • Reduce time to market for new products by 25-50%
  • Reduce revision time for existing products by 55-85%
  • Reduce overall legal costs by reimagining industry standards for safety, reliability, service life and durability
  • Reduce specific liability in litigation by proving correct fit, form and functionality of allegedly faulty parts
  • Streamline regulatory compliance saving time, money and headaches
Level 3 Inspection
Stuart, Florida
Warsaw, Indiana
21st Century Measurement & Inspection
Technologies – Services – Systems – Solutions
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L3I 2011 Value Proposition (Aerospace)

2011 promises to be a watershed year in aerospace.

Who will revolutionize the industry…
…and who will be racing to catch up?
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The future is here.
Who will lead?

Spurred on by renewed hope for a rapid recovery in the aerospace industry in 2011, and keen to snap up lucrative contracts in new markets for aerospace products, manufacturers find themselves in a race for technological advantage.

Value Proposition:An Outcome-Based Partnership
L3I is proposing an outcome-based partnership, for a share of the savings that your firm actually realizes over its next new product’s lifecycle, utilizing our expertise.

With whom at your firm should we be discussing such a value proposition?

 

Thought Leaders


By reducing Time to Market (TTM), L3I can enable companies not only to save months and potentially millions of dollars, but secure a lasting edge over their competitors.  Time is money, and money is time!

We at L3I cut our teeth in aerospace, and have become widely recognized as thought leaders in Computer-Aided Inspection (CAI)-facilitated design.  Pulling from decades of collective experience, we have the proven expertise to apply CAI at every appropriate stage.

We’re fully cognizant of manufacturers’ need for ultra-accurate, reliable, cost-effective and fast metrology.  We stand ready to partner with your firm in strategic cooperation, allowing you to:

  • Reduce time to market for new products by 25-50%
  • Reduce revision time for existing products by 55-85%
  • Reduce overall legal costs by reimagining industry standards for safety, reliability, service life and durability
  • Reduce specific liability in litigation by proving correct fit, form and functionality of allegedly faulty parts
  • Streamline regulatory compliance saving time, money and headaches
Level 3 Inspection
Stuart, Florida
Warsaw, Indiana
21st Century Measurement & Inspection
Technologies – Services – Systems – Solutions
Network with us:    
L3I on LinkedIn    Friend L3I on Facebook

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L3I 2011 Value Proposition (Precision Manufacturers)

2011 promises to be a watershed year in precision manufacturing.

Who will revolutionize the industry…
…and who will be racing to catch up?

The future is here.
Who will lead?

Spurred on by renewed hope for steady growth in U.S. manufacturing in 2011, and keen to snap up lucrative contracts in new markets for precision products, manufacturers find themselves in a race for technological advantage.

Value Proposition:
An Outcome-Based Partnership

L3I is proposing an outcome-based partnership, for a share of the savings that your firm actually realizes over its next new product’s lifecycle, utilizing our expertise.

With whom at your firm should we be discussing such a value proposition?

 

Thought Leaders


By reducing Time to Market (TTM), L3I can enable companies not only to save months and potentially millions of dollars, but secure a lasting edge over their competitors.  Time is money, and money is time!

We at L3I cut our teeth in aerospace, and have become widely recognized as thought leaders in Computer-Aided Inspection (CAI)-facilitated design.  Pulling from decades of collective experience, we have the proven expertise to apply CAI at every appropriate stage.

We’re fully cognizant of manufacturers’ need for ultra-accurate, reliable, cost-effective and fast metrology.  We stand ready to partner with your firm in strategic cooperation, allowing you to:

  • Reduce time to market for new products by 25-50%
  • Reduce revision time for existing products by 55-85%
  • Reduce overall legal costs by reimagining industry standards for safety, reliability, service life and durability
  • Reduce specific liability in litigation by proving correct fit, form and functionality of allegedly faulty parts
  • Streamline regulatory compliance saving time, money and headaches
Level 3 Inspection
Stuart, Florida
Warsaw, Indiana
21st Century Measurement & Inspection
Technologies – Services – Systems – Solutions
Network with us:    
L3I on LinkedIn    Friend L3I on Facebook

L3I 2011 Value Proposition (Medical Device Industry II)

2011 promises to be a watershed year in orthopedics.

Who will revolutionize the industry…
…and who will be racing to catch up?

The future is here.
Who will lead?

Spurred on by renewed hope for steady growth in U.S. manufacturing in 2011, and keen to snap up lucrative contracts in the rapidly evolving medical device market, manufacturers find themselves in a race for technological advantage.  In this industry, time is money, and process is time!

Pulling from decades of collective experience, Level 3 Inspection (L3I) has the proven expertise to apply Computer-Aided Inspection (CAI) at every appropriate stage.  By reducing Time to Market (TTM), L3I can enable companies not only to save months and potentially millions of dollars, but secure a lasting edge over their competitors.

Value Proposition:
An Outcome-Based Partnership

L3I is proposing an outcome-based partnership, for a share of the savings that your firm actually realizes over its next new product’s lifecycle, utilizing our expertise.

With whom at your firm should we be discussing such a value proposition?

 

Thought Leaders


L3I cut its teeth in aerospace, and has become widely recognized as a thought leader in CAI-facilitated design.  We’re fully cognizant of the medical device industry’s need for ultra-accurate, reliable, cost-effective and fast metrology.  We stand ready to partner with your firm in strategic cooperation, allowing you to:

  • Reduce time to market for new products by 25-50%
  • Reduce revision time for existing products by 55-85%
  • Reduce overall legal costs by reimagining industry standards for safety, reliability, service life and durability
  • Reduce specific liability in litigation by proving correct fit, form and functionality of allegedly faulty parts
  • Streamline regulatory compliance saving time, money and headaches
Level 3 Inspection
Stuart, Florida
Warsaw, Indiana
21st Century Measurement & Inspection
Technologies – Services – Systems – Solutions
Network with us:    
L3I on LinkedIn    Friend L3I on Facebook


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